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1987 Michael Welch, American Actor
1982 Brad Renfro, born in Knoxville, Tennessee American actor, film and television
1978 Caroline Nicole Brigman, Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1997
1978 Louise Joy Brown, born in Oldham, England, world's 1st "test tube baby"
1976 Jon Crosby, American Musician
1975 Jay R Ferguson, Jr., born in Dallas, Texas, actor, Taylor Newton-Evening Shade
1974 Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA 1996
1974 Todd Fuller, NBA center, SF Warriors
1972 Craig Howard, born in Redding, California, Canadian Tour golfer, 1989 Rolex
1972 Kevin Roberts, cricketer, NSW middle-order batsman since 1994-95
1971 Billy Wagner, born in Marion, Virginia, pitcher for the Houston Astros
1971 Pedro Martinez, born in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Montreal Expos
1971 Stacy Dawn Cenedese, Miss USA-Wyoming 1997
1971 Tracy Murray, NBA forward, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards
1970 Nicholas CEJ Windsor, son of English prince Edward, duke of Kent
1969 Andrea Wieland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, field hockey goaltender 1996 Olympics
1969 Angela Melini, born in Saigon, Vietnam, playmate, Jun, 1992
1969 Jon Barry, NBA guard, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors
1969 Trevor Peres, U.S., metal guitarist, Obituary-The End Complete
1967 Dave Jareckie, born in Mexico City, Mexico, U.S. biathelete 1994 Olympics
1967 Ed Sprague, born in Castro Valley, California, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays
1967 Matt LeBlanc, actor, Joey Tribbiani-Friends
1966 Elke Jeinsen, born in Hanover, Germany, playmate, May, 1993
1965 Illeana Douglas, born in Massachusetts, actress, Picture Perfect, To Die For, Hacks
1965 Marty Brown, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, country singer, Wildest Dreams
1965 Tom Dvorak, born in Braunschwieg GER, Canada equestrian dressage 1996 Olympics
1965 Torey Lovullo, born in Santa Monica, California, infielder for the Oakland A's
1964 Jose Bautista, Bani, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
1964 Tony Granato, Downers Grove, NHL left wing for the Los Angeles Kings
1962 Doug Drabek, Victoria, Texas, pitcher, Houston Astros, New York Yankees
1962 Mike Buncic, Patterson, New Jersey, discus thrower
1961 Katherine Kelly Lang, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Brooke-Bold and Beautiful
1958 Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist, Frank Boeijen Group
1958 Thurston Moore, U.S. guitarist/songwriter, Sonic Youth
1957 Bogdan Musiol, born in East Germany, bobsled 1980 Olympics bronze
1957 Daniel W. Bursch, born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, Lieutenant Commander USN/Astronaut, STS-51, 68, 77
1957 Ray Billingsley, comic strip cartoonist, Curtis
1957 Roger Clinton, singer, President Clinton's half-brother
1956 Iman Abdulmajid, born in Mogadishu, Somalia, model/actress, Star Trek 6
1955 Bantubonke Holomisa, minister of Defense of Transkei, 1988-
1954 Ken Greer, rock guitarist, Red Rider
1954 Lynn Frederick, Middlesex England, actress, Schizophrenia
1954 Walter Payton, NFL running back for the Chicago Bears
1952 "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin, Williams, NWA/WCW/AWA wrestler
1951 Vanessa, Conny Witteman, Dutch model/singer
1951 Verdine White, U.S. bassist, Earth, Wind and Fire
1950 Mark Clarke, rocker, Uriah Heep
1948 Brian M[ichael] Stableford, UK, sci-fi author, Day of Wrath
1948 Steve Goodman, Chicago, singer and songwriter, Somebody Elses Trouble
1948 Peggy Fleming, American Athlete
1945 Donna Theodore, Broadway singer, Hollywood Talent Scouts
1944 Helga I "Mijanou" van Baarzel, Dutch actress, Klaverweide-Alicia
1944 Molly Bennett Aiken, founder, riding for the handicapped
1943 Janet Margolin, born in New York City, actress, Take the Money and Run, David and Lisa
1943 Jim McCarty, born in Liverpool, rock drummer, Yardbirds-For Your Love
1941 Nate Thurmond, NBA star for the Cleveland Cavaliers
1941 Raul Ruiz, born in Puerto Mott, Chile, actor, Lexot, Capitolo 66
1940 John Pennel, pole vaulter, James E Sullivan Award-1963
1939 Richard Akre Trythall, composer
1936 Ron Burton, American Athlete
1935 Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer
1935 Barbara Harris, Sandra Mankwitz, actress, Plaza Suite, Family Plot
1934 Don Ellis, American Musician
1932 Gibson Kente, born in South Africa, wrote about life in South African black townships, known as Father of Black Theater in South Africa
1932 Paul Joseph Weitz, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, astronaut, Skylab 2, STS-6
1931 Cornelis P van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior
1930 Maureen Forrester, born in Montreal, Canada, contralto, Ressurection Symphony
1930 Murray Chapple, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman through the 1950's
1927 Midge Decter, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, anti woman's lib, Liberated Woman...
1927 Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown
1926 Teodor Grigoriu, composer
1925 Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956
1925 Jerry Paris, born in San Francisco, California, director/actor, Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show
1924 Frank Church, born in Boise, Idaho, Senator-D-Idaho, 1957 - 1981
1923 Estelle Getty, born in New York City, actress in film, theater, television, appeared in sitcom 'The Golden Girls'
1921 John Christopherson, artist/collector
1921 Paul Watzlawick, Austrian Psychologist
1919 Hubert Booi, Bonairian poet, Golgotha/Muchila
1918 Nan Grey, Eschal Miller, actress, 3 Grief Girl, Dracula's Daughters
1916 Ko van Dijk, Jr., Dutch actor, Zaak M P
1915 David Napley, solicitor
1914 Woody Strode, actor, Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Scream
1913 John Cairncross, linguist, 5th Man
1908 Joseph Mitchell, writer
1907 Jack Gilford, New York City, actor, Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2
1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist, Life-Terms, Nobel 1981
1905 Lila Lee, Union City, New Jersey, actress, Midnight Girl, Blood and Sand
1903 Andre Fleury, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, composer, organist, studied organ at the Paris Conservatory under Eugene Gigout, appointed professor of organ at Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris
1902 Eric Hoffer, longshoreman/author, True Believer
1901 Walter Breedveld/Reinier de Muntel, writer, Een ship vergaat
1900 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan author, La victoria no viene sola
1899 Arthur Lubin, film director
1899 Ralph Dumke, Indiana, actor, Movieland Quiz
1897 Hermann Ambrosius, composer
1896 Richard N Gale, English general/airborne commander, Normandy
1895 Yvonne Printemps, born in Ermont, France, singer and actress, Le Duel
1893 Dorothy Dickson, actress/dancer, Paying the Piper, Danny Boy
1890 Julian Rivero, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express
1890 Tom O'Brien, born in San Diego, California, actor, Physical Evidence
1885 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer, Caranchos de la Florida
1884 Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man
1883 Alfredo Casella, born in Turin, Italy, composer, La Giara
1880 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher
1876 Gabriella V M Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium/duchess of Bavaria
1870 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch vicar, Young Flanders
1867 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author, Ewige Hochzeit
1866 Frederick Frost Blackman, English botanist
1865 Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist/educator, Contact with Plants
1855 Edward Solomon, composer
1853 David Belasco, American Playwright
1848 Arthur Earl Balfour, C, British Prime Minister, 1902-05, Balfour Declaration
1844 Thomas Eakins, American Artist
1840 Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution
1832 Simon Hassler, composer
1824 Richard James Oglesby, Union Union volunteers
1822 Schuyler Hamilton, Major General Union volunteers
1816 Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher, T Edition
1804 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello, Italian minister of Education
1800 Heinrich R Goppert, German paleo-botanist
1795 James Barry, female disguised as a man, surgeon general, British army
1786 Giacomo Cordella, composer
1780 Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer
1778 Heinrich Gebhard, composer
1775 Anna Symmes Harrison, Ohio, 9th 1st lady, 1841
1772 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer
1761 Charlotte von Kalb, German writer
1750 Henry Knox, American Soldier
1715 Immanuel J Pyra, German poet, Temple of Real Poetry
1691 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, Cappella Corsini
1683 Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, Wiskunstenaars
1657 Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer
1654 Agostino Steffani, composer
1626 Geeraerdt Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian
1579 Valerius Otto, composer
1575 Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer
1517 Jacques Peletier, du Mans, French poet/scientist
1404 Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant
1109 Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal, 1143-85
975 Thietmar, bishop of Merseburg, German chronicler
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